Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: rename Villain Who Doesn't Do Anything
, started by MetaFour on May 11th 2011 at 5:17:11 AM
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This trope is generally seen as a bad thing, right?
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When the Nostalgia Chick reviewed Dragonheart, she pointed out that the love interest was really not essential to the storyline, and that she could be taken out of the movie without it losing much. She pointed out that this happened a lot in movies, and termed it 'Linets: Love Interest Non Essential To Story".
This trope appears to be the villain equivalent. I'm not sure if 'Villain Who Doesn't Do Anything' is the right name for it, since some of the villains in the examples DO actually do stuff — it's just that very little of what they do actually has any bearing on the plot. If you can imagine the movie without these characters, then they fit this trope. But I'm not sure it's accurate to say they don't do anything.
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If this gets renamed, then I recommend Villainous Plot Tumor (in analogy with Romantic Plot Tumor).
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I've put in the word for a rename and suggested Villainous Plot Tumor. Let's see how this goes.
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Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Rename Villain Who Doesnt Do Anything?
, started by PumpkinLore on Oct 29th 2010 at 7:21:11 AM
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